NDMC subway and underpass projects to be delayed

Tuesday, Feb 02, 2010

While most projects undertaken by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) are expected to be completed before the Commonwealth Games, two of its projects will commence only after the event is over.

The proposed subway at Shah Jahan Road and the underpass at BKS Marg, which were supposed to be completed before the Games, have been postponed as both the projects are facing technical hiccups.

While the subway could not get a clearance for traffic diversion from the Traffic Police, the underpass has been delayed as the area is under construction.

Work on various projects are going on at Baba Kharak Singh Marg — construction of the DMRC underground Airport Express Line, multi-level parking near the police station, redevelopment of the Hanuman Mandir Vatika and a parking lot for Gurudwara Bangla Sahib. The underpass will come up after the rest of the construction work in the area is over and the feasibility is worked out.

The proposed subway and the underpass were approved way back in 2005 to ease pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the areas under the municipal body's jurisdiction.

Apart from the two, however, the NDMC will go ahead will all its five projects - three footover bridges, an underpass at Shanti Path and a subway at Mandir Marg.

"Work has started on all projects and all these grade separators are proposed to be completed by September," an NDMC official said.

Till recently, the underpass at Shanti Path was held up on account of objections from the Railways.

In October, however, after a joint meeting between the Chief Minister, NDMC and Railway officials, the problem was sorted out and a NOC was issued by the Railways.

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